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and abc's gio benitez is there. gio, good morning. >> reporter: dan, good morning to you. today's mass will focus on the four people who died and all of those who injured. this morning, boston is beginning to heal. what days ago was forced to shut down for a manhunt, today is packed with energy and healing. look at this empty courtyard thursday. now, look at it today. ♪ sweet caroline >> reporter: it's the song that makes so many think of boston and at this red sox game, neil diamond sang it in person. >> i bring love from the whole country. ♪ by the dawn's early light >> reporter: as broken hearts spoke through tears, the boston red sox pulled off a much needed win all following the capture of the man suspected of bombing the boston marathon. watertown police chief told me that means no more terror. >> we want watertown to go back to normal and boston. >> reporter: it is. just listen to the mailman. >> people didn't get mail today. >> totally different. so much laughter and happiness. that band playing, everybody's totally enjoying it. >> reporter: what happened here
and abc's gio benitez is there. gio, good morning. >> reporter: dan, good morning to you. today's mass will focus on the four people who died and all of those who injured. this morning, boston is beginning to heal. what days ago was forced to shut down for a manhunt, today is packed with energy and healing. look at this empty courtyard thursday. now, look at it today. ♪ sweet caroline >> reporter: it's the song that makes so many think of boston and at this red sox game, neil...
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and gio benitez is at the cathedral where a mass will take place this morning. gio? >> reporter: good morning, that mass here will be led by cardinal sean o'malley, at 11:30 this morning. really to honor those four people who died, more than 170 people injured in all of this. you know, the healing begins the very night that suspect number two was captured. we have this image, the photo that we took, showing these people driving around with this america flag, that night they were honoring the heroes, the first responders who actually captured that suspect. and then, we had that red sox game yesterday, where the red sox won that game. and so many people showing up to honor those victims and first responders. and then, all of these streets, remember, were totally empty. now, these streets are now packed with people. we saw a band playing on the street yesterday as our crews drove around. so, really, you see the beginning of boston healing and it's really a remarkable sight. >> boston took a big economic hit with all of those stores being closed friday. having those stor
and gio benitez is at the cathedral where a mass will take place this morning. gio? >> reporter: good morning, that mass here will be led by cardinal sean o'malley, at 11:30 this morning. really to honor those four people who died, more than 170 people injured in all of this. you know, the healing begins the very night that suspect number two was captured. we have this image, the photo that we took, showing these people driving around with this america flag, that night they were honoring...
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abc's gio benitez reports from boston. >> reporter: the wiretap has the world asking questions. what did the russians hear in that 2011 recorded phone calls between tamerlan tsarnaev and his mom back in russia. u.s. officials learned of the calls only last week and they're now a focus for investigators. >> i do believe she comes into the united states, that she will be detained for questioning. so, i think there is a connection there. >> reporter: while the mother was added to a u.s. terror watch list in 2011, son tamerlan may have been going through changes of his own. friends reportedly say after two golden gloves titles, he had abandoned his dream of competitive boxing. after he was barred from the national championships because of his immigration status. a pivotal moment they said turning him toward islam. d more than a at, that six-month trip to russia. >> the real test of it whether he was radicalized or not is russia. we have to do a lot of investigation in russia. when he went over to russia and came back things changed. >> reporter: tamerlan's body sits unclaimed in bos
abc's gio benitez reports from boston. >> reporter: the wiretap has the world asking questions. what did the russians hear in that 2011 recorded phone calls between tamerlan tsarnaev and his mom back in russia. u.s. officials learned of the calls only last week and they're now a focus for investigators. >> i do believe she comes into the united states, that she will be detained for questioning. so, i think there is a connection there. >> reporter: while the mother was added to...
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gio benitez, abc news, new york. >> we are in the news business, we see a lot of stories. this one makes my blood boil. >> this is one of the worst. >> throw the book at those girls. >> they're so young. 14, 15. >> to be tried as adults, by the way, everybody is outrage at this one. how could you do that to a sweet woman? >> can't imagine. at least there is a positive message coming out of this. >> how would you like to be the judge on that case? take the book, and throw it. that's the news for this half-hour. we'll see you in a little bit. >> announcer: this is abc news "world news now," informing insomniacs for two decades. >>> this morning, front and center. >> it's setting up to be an important day in the gun control debate. congress returns to work and the president makes a plea just miles from newtown. is a breakthrough agreement in the works? >>> final homecoming today. a young diplomat's family will be there as her body arrives back on american soil. we'll learn more about the woman. >>> plus this -- >> i knew i was going to die. i spent all my energy that day. >>
gio benitez, abc news, new york. >> we are in the news business, we see a lot of stories. this one makes my blood boil. >> this is one of the worst. >> throw the book at those girls. >> they're so young. 14, 15. >> to be tried as adults, by the way, everybody is outrage at this one. how could you do that to a sweet woman? >> can't imagine. at least there is a positive message coming out of this. >> how would you like to be the judge on that case? take...
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abc's gio benitez has the latest from boston. >> reporter: to be clear, we don't know what was said in that conversation, we do know whatever was heard caused serious concern. overnight, abc news learning the recorded phone conversation between tamerlan tsarnaev and his mother in 2011 worried the russians so much they asked u.s. officials to investigate tamerlan. they learned of the wiretap within the last week. >> these tapes are potentially important if there are more to them than has publicly released. >> critical inches as investigators try to piece together the life of the now-dead tamerlan and his brother dzhokhar. we're told investigators found nearby apartment. the focus now, who is that mysterious man named misha? he reportedly influenced tamerlan. his mom calls misha just a friend. >> friend, like a real -- the one he could share his life with. >> reporter: reports say that reports may have identified misha. on the streets of boston this weekend, things are going back to normal, for people and businesses. >> people walking by, smiling, looking at the flores you just planted.
abc's gio benitez has the latest from boston. >> reporter: to be clear, we don't know what was said in that conversation, we do know whatever was heard caused serious concern. overnight, abc news learning the recorded phone conversation between tamerlan tsarnaev and his mother in 2011 worried the russians so much they asked u.s. officials to investigate tamerlan. they learned of the wiretap within the last week. >> these tapes are potentially important if there are more to them than...
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abc's gio benitez is here with the story. >> reporter: good morning, dan, good morning, bianna. this has sparked quite the debate across the country, but as you're about to see, the president seems to like complimenting people on their looks. he's done it many times before. the anger aimed at the president this morning started during a closed door fund-raiser thursday where president obama praised california's attorney general kamala harris. "she is brilliant and she is dedicated and she is tough," he said. but that shoutout turned into a controversy when he added this, "she also happens to be by far the best-looking attorney general in the country." now that's being called "sexist." >> if you have a powerful man, is it okay for him to say to a less powerful woman in front of a group of people, you look really great today? >> the great state of california. >> reporter: the president called harris to apologize thursday night. >> you know, he believes and fully recognizes the challenge women continue to face in the workplace and that they should not be judged based on appearance.
abc's gio benitez is here with the story. >> reporter: good morning, dan, good morning, bianna. this has sparked quite the debate across the country, but as you're about to see, the president seems to like complimenting people on their looks. he's done it many times before. the anger aimed at the president this morning started during a closed door fund-raiser thursday where president obama praised california's attorney general kamala harris. "she is brilliant and she is dedicated and...
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abc's gio benitez spoke with her. >> reporter: a smiling dancer graces the cover of "the boston herald" with her husband, a u.s. airman just back from afghanistan. adrianne haslet-davis and her husband adam were at the boston marathon watching from the sidelines when the bombs went off. >> they got up and then i said, wait, my foot hurts. he held up my foot and we both screamed bloody murder. i didn't feel heat from it. i just felt air and then i fell to the ground. >> reporter: the blast had torn off adrianne's foot. it's a huge loss for this ball room dance instructor at arthur murray studios, but she hasn't lost her spirit. >> it's very sad. i absolutely want to dance again. >> reporter: this doctor says modern prosthetic technology is so advanced, she will. so, doctor, a lot of victims are telling me, you know what, i will walk again. they can? >> they can. if they were walking before they had their amputation, we can have them walk again. much depends on the level of their amputation. and all of it depends on what their goals and objectives are. >> reporter: and we have seen just
abc's gio benitez spoke with her. >> reporter: a smiling dancer graces the cover of "the boston herald" with her husband, a u.s. airman just back from afghanistan. adrianne haslet-davis and her husband adam were at the boston marathon watching from the sidelines when the bombs went off. >> they got up and then i said, wait, my foot hurts. he held up my foot and we both screamed bloody murder. i didn't feel heat from it. i just felt air and then i fell to the ground....
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abc's gio benitez has the latest from boston. gio? >> reporter: good morning, bianna. to be clear, we don't know what was said in that conversation, or why the russians wiretapped the phone, but we do know whatever was heard caused serious concern. overnight, abc news learning the recorded phone conversation between tamerlan tsarnaev and his mom in 2011 worried the russians so much that they asked the u.s. to investigate tamerlan. u.s. officials told abc news they learned of the wiretap within the last week. >> these tapes are potentially important if there are more to them than has been publicly released. >> reporter: it's critical new information as investigators try to piece together the life of the now-dead tamerlan and his younger brother, dzhokhar. while we don't know if agents were able to find tamerlan's laptop in a landfill, we're told investigators found tamerlan's cell phone in a nearby apartment. the focus now, who is that mysterious man named misha? he's the one who reportedly influenced tamerlan or even may have radicalized him. his mom calls misha just a
abc's gio benitez has the latest from boston. gio? >> reporter: good morning, bianna. to be clear, we don't know what was said in that conversation, or why the russians wiretapped the phone, but we do know whatever was heard caused serious concern. overnight, abc news learning the recorded phone conversation between tamerlan tsarnaev and his mom in 2011 worried the russians so much that they asked the u.s. to investigate tamerlan. u.s. officials told abc news they learned of the wiretap...
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abc's gio benitez has her story. >> reporter: an 89-year-old margaret smith has a big spirit and even bigger story to tell. >> i thought i was going to die. >> reporter: it began on march 18, when she stopped at this convenience store for an ice cream cone. that's when two teenaged girls approached her asking for a ride across town. >> first i decided not to. then i said, well, a good deed. >> reporter: as they have said about all good deeds, smith's didn't go unpunished. after driving around for a while, they did the unthinkable. snatching her keys and stuffing her in the trunk. >> they took off flying, me in the car. that's all i remember. >> reporter: smith would spend the next two days, crammed in that trunk. no food. no water. in fact, the only time the girls opened the trunk was to rob smith of her cash. >> i was very tired, cold, hungry, scared. >> reporter: smith is no stranger to adversity. she grew up in a poor delaware neighborhood where she still lives. but unlike many women from her era, smith went to school and opened her own beauty store. it was that same resilience tha
abc's gio benitez has her story. >> reporter: an 89-year-old margaret smith has a big spirit and even bigger story to tell. >> i thought i was going to die. >> reporter: it began on march 18, when she stopped at this convenience store for an ice cream cone. that's when two teenaged girls approached her asking for a ride across town. >> first i decided not to. then i said, well, a good deed. >> reporter: as they have said about all good deeds, smith's didn't go...
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>>chief told abc's gio benitez he is amazed. by the outpouring of support for henneberry. >> i got an e-mail this morning some person in detroit, michigan, wants to replace the boat for the watertown resident that got shot up. just incredible. >> reporter: the citywide manhunt for the marathon bombing suspect is over. americans willing to help the man who led police to capture the final suspect that's just beginning. ron claiborne, abc news, new york. >> so many amazing stories. an amazing man. by the way his boat, 22-foot, sea hawk cruiser with fiberglass hull, goes for $50,000. >> he is going to get one i am pretty sure. if the boat could float, now riddled with bullets, there is no way they would let him have it. it will be held for evidence. absolutely. all right, guys. uld let him ht back. it. it will be held for evidence. absolutely. all right, guys. we'll be right back. and can take 10 years to bloom. so at air wick, we waited. crafted by our expert perfumers for your home. air wick cactus flower and warm breeze is part o
>>chief told abc's gio benitez he is amazed. by the outpouring of support for henneberry. >> i got an e-mail this morning some person in detroit, michigan, wants to replace the boat for the watertown resident that got shot up. just incredible. >> reporter: the citywide manhunt for the marathon bombing suspect is over. americans willing to help the man who led police to capture the final suspect that's just beginning. ron claiborne, abc news, new york. >> so many amazing...
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abc's gio benitez has the story. >> reporter: these are the dramatic new images of supermodel turned superhero heidi klum. rescuing her 7-year-old son henry from a dangerous riptide on sunday in hawaii. >> heidi turned hero mom in tonight's top story. >> reporter: look at these photos shown on "entertainment tonight" after pulling henry safely to shore, the 5'10" super mom runs back into the water to also rescue her two nannies from drowning. >> heidi klum is one of the hardest working women in hollywood. this is undoubtedly have a k vacation she was looking forward to relaxing on but didn't turn out that way. >> reporter: klum told abc news "we were pulled into the ocean like a big wave. like any mother i was very scared for my child and everyone else in the water." riptide forms when strong wind and waves create a channel of water that pulls swimmers away from the beach. the fight back to shore can be exhausting and deadly. just watch our own sam champion swim into one. >> i couldn't really tell where the shoreline was. i'm a pretty good swimmer. what happens is you get out of brea
abc's gio benitez has the story. >> reporter: these are the dramatic new images of supermodel turned superhero heidi klum. rescuing her 7-year-old son henry from a dangerous riptide on sunday in hawaii. >> heidi turned hero mom in tonight's top story. >> reporter: look at these photos shown on "entertainment tonight" after pulling henry safely to shore, the 5'10" super mom runs back into the water to also rescue her two nannies from drowning. >> heidi klum...
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gio benitez is in cambridge with the latest. gio, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, robin. she's just 24 years old and lived here with suspect number one. and you can bet, right now, investigators want to hear from her. this morning, kate russell is a single mother of a toddler. her husband, tamerlan tsarnaev, a man authorities call a terrorist, killed in friday's firefight. she's a woman shrouded in mystery. russell waonic teenager, inated wittharts. playing the saxophone and drawing. we spoke to her lawyer at her family's rhode island home, where she fled after learning of her husband's death. and where authorities visited her several times yesterday t question her. with a ditiffitiily ishrto deal so -- that's what -- that's -- that's the best i can do right there. >> reporter: russell and tsarnaev married about three years ago. giving birth to a daughter. >> i have seen the baby just playing in the yard. everybody seemed happy. >> reporter: her friends reportedly said that tsarnaev was controlling her. she dropp
gio benitez is in cambridge with the latest. gio, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, robin. she's just 24 years old and lived here with suspect number one. and you can bet, right now, investigators want to hear from her. this morning, kate russell is a single mother of a toddler. her husband, tamerlan tsarnaev, a man authorities call a terrorist, killed in friday's firefight. she's a woman shrouded in mystery. russell waonic teenager, inated wittharts. playing the saxophone...
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abc's gio benitez is here with that. >> reporter: she was a 49-year-old biologist at the university of utah. at the height of her career. right now the mystery, was she murdered or did she kill herself? it took 18 months for police to name the suspect. how did she end up dead in her bathtub? this morning investigators say she was murdered at the hands of her ex-husband, john brickman wall, a pediatrician. his attorney telling abc news the doctor is innocent, but always believed he'd be charged. >> i think deep down inside we both sort of expected this to come someday. >> reporter: the couple had been married for 15 years but divorced in 2005. a bitter custody battle over their four children followed. but in september of 2011, her body was discovered in her bathtub, a knife nearby. blood everywhere. at first police thought she committed suicide. >> she was doing amazing things in her career at the time. this was just out of character for her to do this. >> reporter: the autopsy report says she drowned but also mentions injuries on her body that are, quote, not typical of self-inflicted
abc's gio benitez is here with that. >> reporter: she was a 49-year-old biologist at the university of utah. at the height of her career. right now the mystery, was she murdered or did she kill herself? it took 18 months for police to name the suspect. how did she end up dead in her bathtub? this morning investigators say she was murdered at the hands of her ex-husband, john brickman wall, a pediatrician. his attorney telling abc news the doctor is innocent, but always believed he'd be...